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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
All 24 episodes from the fifth season of the American romantic
comedy series following young architect Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) as
he searches for love in New York City. Told through a series of
flashbacks, the show is narrated by an older, off-screen Ted (Bob
Saget), who regales his children with tales of his single days with
his best friends, the highs and lows of dating - and how he
ultimately 'met their mother'. Episodes are: 'Definitions', 'Double
Date', 'Robin 101', 'The Sexless Innkeeper', 'Duel Citizenship',
'Bagpipes', 'The Rough Patch', 'The Playbook', 'Slapsgiving 2:
Revenge of the Slap', 'The Window', 'Last Cigarette Ever', 'Girls
vs. Suits', 'Jenkins', 'Perfect Week', 'Rabbit Or Duck', 'Hooked',
'Of Course', 'Say Cheese', 'Zoo Or False', 'Home Wreckers', 'Twin
Beds', 'Robots vs. Wrestlers', 'The Wedding Bride' and
'Doppelgangers'.
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A Penguin Like Me
Marcus Pfister; Translated by David Henry Wilson
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R350
Discovery Miles 3 500
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This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young
adults by sharing their views on their journey toward desistance
from crime and social and community (re)integration. Building in
interviews with 140 justice-involved youth and young adults (aged
16 to 35), the book explores the challenges they faced while they
were under the control of the justice system, the ways in which
they navigated the obstacles they came up against, and the support
they needed to overcome them. What and who they consider to be
facilitators in their journeys are presented. The book also
examines experiences of assisted desistance in different settings,
such as incarceration, addiction services and community
supervision. What distinguishes this book is its focus on how
justice-involved youth and young adults perceive their own
experiences of desistance from crime and social and community
(re)integration. An accessible and compelling read, Understanding
Desistance From Crime and Social and Community (Re)Integration will
be of interest to those engaged with desistance studies,
rehabilitation, re-entry, juvenile and adult justice, and recovery
from addiction.
All About Cats is a collection of hilarious rhymes . . . all about
cats! These short, funny rhymes are brought to life with
illustrations from Axel Scheffler, the bestselling illustrator of
The Gruffalo. Cats are sleek, and cats are slick. They read, and do
arithmetic! Have you ever seen a cat playing a piano? Or taking a
bubble bath with a rubber duck? Find out what cats really get up to
when people aren't around! Axel Scheffler's charming and witty
illustrations introduce all kinds of cats - making mischief,
playing games, singing songs and out on adventures. This collection
of hilarious, quirky poems by Frantz Wittkamp is wonderfully
adapted from German to English for the very first time by
celebrated children's author David Henry Wilson. With fourteen
delightfully funny short poems, and full-page colour illustrations
by Axel Scheffler, the genius illustrator of Room on the Broom,
Zog, The Smeds and the Smoos and many more, this collection is sure
to entertain children young and old, and is the perfect gift for
any cat fan.
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Paul Blart - Mall Cop 2 (DVD)
Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough, Nicholas Turturro, Eduardo Verastegui, David Henrie, …
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R24
Discovery Miles 240
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Kevin James returns to work as everyone's favourite mall cop in the sequel to the 2009 comedy. When clumsy, overweight security guard Paul Blart (James) travels to Las Vegas with his daughter Maya (Raini Rodriguez) to attend the annual Security Guard Conference, he inadvertently discovers that a heist is being planned by master criminal Vincent (Neal McDonough). As the security team of the Las Vegas hotels refuse to take the threat seriously, Blart takes it upon himself to find the crooks and catch them in the act, proving to himself and everyone around him that he's still got what it takes to be a good security guard.
The cast also includes Eduardo Verastegui, Daniella Alonso and David Henrie.
John Alcock reviews the controversy that has surrounded
evolutionary studies of human social behavior following the 1975
publication of E.O. Wilson's classic, Sociobiology, the New
Synthesis. Denounced vehemently as an ideology that has justified
social evils and inequalities, sociobiology has survived the
assault. Twenty-five years after the field was named by Wilson, the
approach he championed has successfully demonstrated its value in
the study of animal behavior, including the behavior of our own
species. Yet, misconceptions remain. In this objective approach to
the sociobiology debate, animal behaviorist John Alcock illuminates
how sociobiologists study behavior in all species. He confronts the
chief scientific and ideological objections head on, with an
analysis of case histories that involve such topics as sexual
jealousy, beauty, gender difference, parent-offspring relations,
and rape.
Rouse, a Council official, is visiting the theatre run by Mike
Pemberton-Hawkesley, and his mission is simple: to save the Council
money. His brainwave is to turn the theatre into a storage facility
for files; Mike, understandably, is outraged. Mavis Dinwiddy -
intervenes and the hilarious absurdity of the situation, compounded
by Rouse's very idiosyncratic verbal style, is maintained right up
to the end of this surprising and enigmatic play. Simple to stage -
no set is required - this is an ideal festival piece.
David Henry Hwang's beautiful, heartrending play featuring an
afterword by the author - winner of a 1988 Tony Award for Best Play
and nominated for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize
Based on a true story that stunned the world, "M. Butterfly"
opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is
being held captive by the French government--and by his own
illusions. In the darkness of his cell he recalls a time when
desire seemed to give him wings. A time when Song Liling, the
beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as
seductive--and as elusive--as a butterfly.
How could he have known, then, that his ideal woman was, in
fact, a spy for the Chinese government--and a man disguised as a
woman? In a series of flashbacks, the diplomat relives the
twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its
consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both. But
in the end, there remains only one truth: Whether or not
Gallimard's passion was a flight of fancy, it sparked the most
vigorous emotions of his life.
Only in real life could love become so unreal. And only in such
a dramatic tour de force do we learn how a fantasy can become a
man's mistress--as well as his jailer. "M. Butterfly "is one of the
most compelling, explosive, and slyly humorous dramas ever to light
the Broadway stage, a work of unrivaled brilliance, illuminating
the conflict between men and women, the differences between East
and West, racial stereotypes--and the shadows we cast around our
most cherished illusions.
"M. Butterfly" remains one of the most influential romantic
plays of contemporary literature, and in 1993 was made into a film
by David Cronenberg starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone.
Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control and Guidance for
Aerospace demonstrates the attractive potential of recent
developments in control for resolving such issues as flight
performance, self protection and extended-life structures.
Importantly, the text deals with a number of practically
significant considerations: tuning, complexity of design, real-time
capability, evaluation of worst-case performance, robustness in
harsh environments, and extensibility when development or
adaptation is required. Coverage of such issues helps to draw the
advanced concepts arising from academic research back towards the
technological concerns of industry. Initial coverage of basic
definitions and ideas and a literature review gives way to a
treatment of electrical flight control system failures: oscillatory
failure, runaway, and jamming. Advanced fault detection and
diagnosis for linear and linear-parameter-varying systems are
described. Lastly recovery strategies appropriate to remaining
actuator/sensor/communications resources are developed. The authors
exploit experience gained in research collaboration with academic
and major industrial partners to validate advanced fault diagnosis
and fault-tolerant control techniques with realistic benchmarks or
real-world aeronautical and space systems. Consequently, the
results presented in Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control and
Guidance for Aerospace, will be of interest in both academic and
aerospatial-industrial milieux.
The best, most comprehensive book for writers is now completely
revised and updated to address ongoing changes in publishing.
Published in 2005 as "Putting Your Passion Into Print," this is the
book that s been praised by both industry professionals (
Refreshingly honest, knowledgeable and detailed. . . . An
invaluable resource Jamie Raab, publisher, Grand Central
Publishing) and bestselling authors ( A must-have for every
aspiring writer. Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner").
With its extensive coverage of e-books, self-publishing, and online
marketing, "The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published" is
more vital than ever for anyone who wants to mine that great idea
and turn it into a successfully published book. Written by experts
with thirteen books between them as well as many years experience
as a literary agent (Eckstut) and a book doctor (Sterry), this
nuts-and-bolts guide demystifies every step of the publishing
process: how to come up with a blockbuster title, create a selling
proposal, find the right agent, understand a book contract, develop
marketing and publicity savvy, and self-publish. There s new
information on how to build up a following (and even publish a
book) online; the importance of a search-engine-friendly title;
producing a video book trailer; and e-book pricing and royalties.
Includes interviews with hundreds of publishing insiders and
authors, including Seth Godin, Neil Gaiman, Amy Bloom, Margaret
Atwood, Larry Kirshbaum, Leonard Lopate, plus agents, editors, and
booksellers; sidebars featuring real-life publishing success
stories; sample proposals, query letters, and a feature-rich
website and community for authors."
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While I Wait (Paperback)
Clare Yaghjian, Susan Yaghjian, David Henry Yaghjian, Candy Yaghjian Waites, Savannah Holliday, …
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R792
Discovery Miles 7 920
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Molly loves to listen to her dad's bedtime stories. Once upon a time, he says, everyone was green, squirrels sang in choirs, tiny people lived in Aunt Elsie's pot plant and of course, rabbits could fly . . . but can all this really be true? Molly thinks her dad's just being silly as usual, but no-one's bedtime stories are as good as his. So cuddle up on the sofa and pick one of these fourteen fantastically funny stories to read together before bed. Which one will be your favourite?
Melanie von Bismarck's brilliant collection of short stories is cleverly translated from the German by David Henry Wilson, author of the Jeremy James series, and is brought to life by the warm, witty and richly detailed pictures by Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo.
With a jacket, extra-thick paper, and a special ribbon to mark your place in the book, Flying Rabbits, Singing Squirrels and Other Bedtime Stories makes a great present – truly a book to treasure.
The motion of water is governed by a set of mathematical equations
which are extremely complicated and intractable. This is not
surprising when one considers the highly diverse and intricate
physical phenomena which may be exhibited by a given body of water.
Recent mathematical advances have enabled researchers to make major
progress in this field, reflected in the topics featured in this
volume. Cutting-edge techniques and tools from mathematical
analysis have generated strong rigorous results concerning the
qualitative and quantitative physical properties of solutions of
the governing equations. Furthermore, accurate numerical
computations of fully-nonlinear steady and unsteady water waves in
two and three dimensions have contributed to the discovery of new
types of waves. Model equations have been derived in the long-wave
and modulational regime using Hamiltonian formulations and solved
numerically. This book brings together interdisciplinary
researchers working in the field of nonlinear water waves, whose
contributions range from survey articles to new research results
which address a variety of aspects in nonlinear water waves. It is
motivated by a workshop which was organised at the Erwin
Schroedinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics in
Vienna, November 27-December 7, 2017. The key aim of the workshop
was to describe, and foster, new approaches to research in this
field. This is reflected in the contents of this book, which is
aimed to stimulate both experienced researchers and students alike.
The motion of water is governed by a set of mathematical equations
which are extremely complicated and intractable. This is not
surprising when one considers the highly diverse and intricate
physical phenomena which may be exhibited by a given body of water.
Recent mathematical advances have enabled researchers to make major
progress in this field, reflected in the topics featured in this
volume. Cutting-edge techniques and tools from mathematical
analysis have generated strong rigorous results concerning the
qualitative and quantitative physical properties of solutions of
the governing equations. Furthermore, accurate numerical
computations of fully-nonlinear steady and unsteady water waves in
two and three dimensions have contributed to the discovery of new
types of waves. Model equations have been derived in the long-wave
and modulational regime using Hamiltonian formulations and solved
numerically. This book brings together interdisciplinary
researchers working in the field of nonlinear water waves, whose
contributions range from survey articles to new research results
which address a variety of aspects in nonlinear water waves. It is
motivated by a workshop which was organised at the Erwin
Schroedinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics in
Vienna, November 27-December 7, 2017. The key aim of the workshop
was to describe, and foster, new approaches to research in this
field. This is reflected in the contents of this book, which is
aimed to stimulate both experienced researchers and students alike.
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Chinglish (Paperback)
David Henry Hwang
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R347
Discovery Miles 3 470
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